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Bookmark or Share- Cotton Sandstorm (Threat Actor) - FraunhoferCotton Sandstorm is an Iranian threat actor involved in hack-and-leak operations. They have targeted various organizations, including the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, where they obtained and leaked personal information of over 200,000 customers.
- Report: Iran Accelerates Cyberattacks - The Iran PrimerOn May 2, 2023, Microsoft announced that Iran had been “rapidly accelerating” cyberattacks since mid-2022. The tech giant attributed 24 cyber operations since June 2022 to Iran’s so-called Cotton Sandstorm, which the U.S. Treasury had also linked to cyberattacks on the 2020 presidential election.
- Iran's Evolving Cyber-Enabled Influence Operations to Support HamasOne Iranian group, Cotton Sandstorm, has used this technique since 2022, over time sharpening its capabilities. The messages often take credit for cyberattacks that didn't actually happen or...
- Nation-states engage in US-focused influence operations ahead of US ...During the 2020 US presidential election, Cotton Sandstorm—which is backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—conducted several cyber-enabled influence operations, including one leveraging voter details from a breached US voter
- Microsoft shifts to a new threat actor naming taxonomySince November 2023, Microsoft has observed a distinct subset of Mint Sandstorm (PHOSPHORUS) targeting high-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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